对复合材料预浸料零件和工装制造过程中产生变形和尺寸误差的基本机理进行了讨论和分类。在结构零件和模具制造方面，考虑了量化和消除此类误差的实用方法，这是整个复合材料行业使用的经验方法的替代方法。

THE BASIC MECHANISMS OF DISTORTION AND DIMENSIONAL ERRORS WHICH OCCUR DURING THE MANUFACTURE OF COMPOSITE PREPREG PARTS AND TOOLING ARE DISCUSSED AND CLASSIFIED. PRACTICAL METHODS OF QUANTIFYING AND ELIMINATING SUCH ERRORS ARE CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO BOTH STRUCTURAL PART AND TOOLING MANUFACTURE, WHICH REPRESENT AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE EMPIRICAL METHODS USED THROUGHOUT THE COMPOSITES INDUSTRY.